Garment designing aid

A skirt design aid for assisting a person in providing a pattern for a skirt, the design aid including four template sections that are interconnected and are relatively displaceable as follows:

• a first substantially triangular template section, whose apex is located at the waist side of the pattern and which extends the length of the pattern so that its base is located at the hem line of the pattern;
• a second substantially rectangular template section, an upper portion of which defines part of the waist of the pattern, and which extends to the hem line of the pattern, the first template section being pivotally secured at its apex to an upper corner portion of the second template section, and with the degree of pivotal overlap of the first and second template sections being adjustable;
• a third template section that is also substantially rectangular, which also extends from the waist line to the hem line and is secured to the second template section on the opposite side thereof to the first template section in a linear sliding manner;
• a fourth template section that is also substantially rectangular and which also extends from the waist line to the hem line and which is secured to the third template section on the opposite side thereof to the second template section in a linear sliding manner;
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• a hip dimension varying means which comprises a first member pivotally attached at one end to the first template section and a second member pivotally attached at one end to the first member intermediate the first member's ends, with the free ends of the first and second members being secured to the first template section by means of a screw and nut, the screw passing through suitable slots in the first and second members.